Prime Minister Mark Brown met with Makoto Osawa, Ambassador of Japan to the Cook Islands, and senior officials from the ...

With a focus on infrastructure upgrades, the Prime Minister has announced that the recent large charter trips for the ...

The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) 2025-2030 signed between the Cook Islands and China has ‘nothing to do with ...

Freight shipping company Matson has suspended the transport of all electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles across its entire network, including to the Cook Islands, citing rising concerns ...

The Ministry of Education is closely monitoring a proposed overhaul of New Zealand’s NCEA (National Certificate of Educational Achievement) system, mindful of the potential ripple effects on local ...

Forty-one vapes were confiscated from an 18-year-old, who arrived from Australia a week ago, prompting a strong warning from Cook Islands Custom Service to all travellers to comply with Cook Islands ...

The Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA), which governs seabed mineral activities under the Seabed Minerals Act 2019 (SBMA Act), emphasises that no commercial extraction can occur without extensive ...

Cook Islands News is a national newspaper with the latest news from Rarotonga and the Pa Enua (outer islands). The print version of the paper is published daily Monday to Saturday by Cook Islands News ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) secretary Tepaeru Herrmann has reminded Pacific leaders how Pacific regionalism has helped the Cook Islands for over 60 years.

About a quarter of the people who travelled from Pukapuka-Nassau for the 2025 Te Maeva Nui celebrations last month have decided to stay in Rarotonga and look for work, with most hoping to move ...

Mangaia has been identified as the Pa Enua with the highest percentage of the population diagnosed with non-communicable diseases (NCDs), prompting its paramount chief to call for an urgent, ...

An online version of the “A Dictionary of the Māori language of Rarotonga” (“The Savage Dictionary”) was launched in Auckland last Friday as part of the celebration of Cook Islands Language Week.